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Finneran seeks to halt seisure of his furniture for Clean Elections Auction
Boston Globe ^ | 4/29/02 | Leslie Miller AP

Posted on 04/29/2002 3:00:49 PM PDT by FlyingA

Edited on 04/13/2004 2:07:44 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

BOSTON -- House Speaker Thomas Finneran went to court Monday to save his sofa.

Advocates for the voter-approved Clean Elections law are trying to auction his office furniture, including his desk, sofa and love seat, to pay for the law, which he staunchly opposes.


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TOPICS: Activism/Chapters; Government; News/Current Events; US: Massachusetts
KEYWORDS: cleanelections; finneran
FlyingA
1 posted on 04/29/2002 3:00:49 PM PDT by FlyingA
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To: FlyingA
Now this is funny.
2 posted on 04/29/2002 3:05:38 PM PDT by patton
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To: patton
I liked the Yahoo! headline:

Massachusetts House speaker pleads for his love seat and other office furniture

3 posted on 04/29/2002 3:21:50 PM PDT by RippleFire
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To: FlyingA
Advocates for the voter-approved Clean Elections law are trying to auction his office furniture, including his desk, sofa and love seat, to pay for the law, which he staunchly opposes.

Hmmmm, so what shape is the sofa & love seat in? (I already have a desk.)

4 posted on 04/29/2002 5:46:25 PM PDT by Catspaw
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To: FlyingA
How did this turn out - did the guy lose his seat? LOL.
5 posted on 12/26/2002 7:44:29 AM PST by patton
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To: patton
LOL patton good one.

6 posted on 12/26/2002 8:39:36 AM PST by FlyingA
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